Steve Scalise actually said...

"Americans died because of the actions of the Chinese, but the members of the majority will not let us bring that accountability to this committee."

"It is a Soviet-style impeachment process."

"we will obviously continue to provide our oversight role as it relates to USDA's efforts in the International Food Assistance Program."

"we will also monitor the implementation of the new flexibilities that we provided last year in the reauthorization of the farm bill."